Tiobe has named Java the Programming Language of the Year for 2015 because it had the biggest increase in popularity throughout the year. “At first sight, it might seem surprising
Mainframe software vendor Compuware is making a big push to improve its support for DevOps practices and Agile software development methodologies. The company is integrating its tools with Agile and
According to the latest figures from Net Analytics’ Netmarketshare, Windows 10 has captured 9.96 percent of the worldwide operating system market. That’s a 0.96 percent increase from last month, but
Citing unnamed sources and VLC developer Thomas Nigro, Mary Jo Foley from ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft is working on a new, lightweight browser codenamed Spartan. The sources say Windows
This past year was notable for the number of critical security vulnerabilities that researchers discovered in widely used software. Several of these recently discovered bugs created major headaches for enterprise
Oracle has confirmed that it recently acquired StackEngine, a startup focused on containerization and DevOps. It said that StackEngine employees will be joining Oracle’s public cloud computing team. In addition,
Oracle has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) related to concerns about the security of Java. Oracle had told Java users that their computers would be “safe
Microsoft has expanded its big data analytics portfolio by acquiring a Palo Alto-based analytics startup called Metanautix. The firm makes technology that allows enterprises to create pools of data from
NetEnrich has released the results of a wide-ranging survey of IT executives at organizations with $400 million or more in revenue. Key findings related to enterprise application development included the